{"id":1244,"date":"2020-12-14T23:35:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nz.legalvision.com.au\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2024-01-25T17:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T04:50:32","slug":"what-is-whistleblowing-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.nz\/disputes-and-litigation\/what-is-whistleblowing-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Whistleblowing in New Zealand?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serious wrongdoing can undermine your customers\u2019 confidence and employees\u2019 trust in their colleagues. Such wrongdoing includes conduct that poses a serious risk to public health and safety. Therefore, you should have workplace policies<\/a> and systems in place to prevent and detect it. Sometimes, your employees are in the best position to report serious wrongdoing or misconduct in your workplace, as they are often the ones who witness it. It is critical to create a speak-up culture<\/a> in your workplace. Some of the main reasons for the lack of reporting by employees include not knowing that whistleblowing policies are in place or being afraid of disciplinary action against them. This article explains what whistleblowing is and how to create a speak-up culture in your workplace to encourage your employees to report any workplace wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Whistleblowing in the Workplace?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When one of your employees witnesses serious wrongdoing in your workplace, they have a right under New Zealand law to make a protected disclosure. So long as they are acting in good faith, their disclosure is known as whistleblowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A person commits serious wrongdoing when they engage in acts that involve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n